During the “Stars at Night” recruiting event in late July, high school prospects were allowed access to the new Texas Longhorns locker room, but the current players hadn’t been allowed in by head coach Tom Herman.
Until Wednesday evening, that is.
Here’s a look at how things came together following the construction of lockers that cost nearly $10,000 apiece and feature massive 43-inch screens above them with player highlights and bios:
This is the NEW Texas. #HookEm pic.twitter.com/rAxLxV8fwk
— Texas Football (@TexasFootball) August 3, 2017
Were the players excited? Let’s go ahead and say that the players were excited:
The doors are open. #ThisIsTexas #HookEm pic.twitter.com/0xivtfq5OP
— Texas Football (@TexasFootball) August 3, 2017
And the award for most visibly excited player goes to the always-energetic Kris Boyd.
The picture has already gone viral on the Longhorn interwebs:
Find yourself someone who looks at you the way Kris Boyd looks at the new locker rooms. (Via @TexasFootball) pic.twitter.com/VSqiCkN1ht
— Longhorn Network (@LonghornNetwork) August 3, 2017
Boyd is having some fun with it as well:
Caption this! ♂️ pic.twitter.com/DGIIyyzBQk
— kris boyd™ (@kris23db) August 3, 2017
Former standout Quandre Diggs seemed a little bit sad that the locker room wasn’t renovated while he still had eligibility remaining:
Can y'all add some of the NFL guys a locker in there? #AskingforAfriend https://t.co/IEXHrO3n88
— Quandre Diggs (@qdiggs6) August 3, 2017
Several players, like PJ Locke III, compared the new lockers to the previous versions that were demolished back in April:
Before and After..
— James "PJ" Locke III (@PjLocke4) August 3, 2017
Get you a coach like @CoachTomHerman pic.twitter.com/ernStfNINd
Indeed.
The new @TexasFootball locker room is on another level. #HookEm pic.twitter.com/m8nHP3qDSf
— The Players' Tribune (@PlayersTribune) August 3, 2017